Georgia’s coronavirus cases continue to escalate, with the state passing the 2,000 confirmed cases mark as of noon Friday.
The Georgia Department of Public Health reports there are now 2,001 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Georgia. There have now been 64 deaths from the virus and 566 patients have been hospitalized. The state’s death rate from the virus is 3.2% and the hospitalization rate is about 28%.
So far the state has processed 9,865 tests.
Dougherty County continues to be a hotbed for the virus, and now has 193 cases, up from 156 cases at noon yesterday. Fulton County still has the highest number of cases in the state with 307, up from 211 yesterday.
Below is the breakdown by county.
County Cases Fulton 307 Dougherty 193 Dekalb 181 Cobb 144 Gwinnett 102 Bartow 98 Carroll 55 Cherokee 46 Clayton 46 Henry 40 Lee 35 Clarke 32 Douglas 27 Hall 24 Floyd 20 Coweta 19 Fayette 19 Forsyth 19 Lowndes 16 Rockdale 16 Newton 15 Mitchell 14 Gordon 12 Paulding 12 Richmond 11 Spalding 11 Tift 11 Troup 11 Bibb 10 Chatham 10 Columbia 10 Early 10 Oconee 10 Polk 10 Sumter 10 Houston 9 Muscogee 8 Laurens 7 Worth 7 Barrow 6 Glynn 6 Peach 6 Terrell 6 Whitfield 6 Bryan 4 Colquitt 4 Crisp 4 Effingham 4 Lumpkin 4 Pickens 4 Burke 3 Butts 3 Coffee 3 Irwin 3 Lamar 3 Lincoln 3 Madison 3 Meriwether 3 Monroe 3 Randolph 3 Thomas 3 Baldwin 2 Ben Hill 2 Calhoun 2 Camden 2 Dawson 2 Decatur 2 Fannin 2 Jackson 2 Jasper 2 Jones 2 Miller 2 Seminole 2 Tattnall 2 Turner 2 Twiggs 2 Upson 2 Ware 2 Washington 2 Baker 1 Catoosa 1 Charlton 1 Chattooga 1 Clinch 1 Dodge 1 Franklin 1 Greene 1 Habersham 1 Haralson 1 Harris 1 Heard 1 Liberty 1 Long 1 Macon 1 Mcduffie 1 Morgan 1 Pierce 1 Pulaski 1 Stephens 1 Taylor 1 Toombs 1 White 1 Wilkes 1 Unknown 217
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
